2020 October – Looe

We had been supposed to go to Looe with David and Anne Bowman and Freda and John Lang in May but the holiday was deferred until October because of Covid 19 and Lockdown. However, just before we were due to go, Freda heard that she had tested positive for the virus and so she and John were not able to come away – they had been tested as part of a research programme they had volunteered for. Thankfully, neither Freda nor John experienced any symptoms during the three weeks following the test on 28 September.

Although we were disappointed that John and Freda couldn’t come to Looe, the rest of us decided to go anyway. We left Fairford on Saturday morning and meandered down to Looe arriving mid afternoon.

Looe was perhaps a little busier than we expected (especially at the weekend). Nevertheless it was not too crowded and we had a lovely time. The weather was mixed and Annie and Gerry ended up wearing full wet weather gear for walks on two days.

David managed to borrow a wheelchair for Anne so that she didn’t have to walk from our cottage (close to the beach) in East Looe over the bridge to the Jolly Sailor in West Looe. David and Anne are well known in the jolly Sailor from previous visits and we were made very welcome – the staff reserved a table for us out of the way but in the main bar. We felt perfectly safe, and spent five evenings in the pub including having dinner on four of them.

In order to avoid an early start on Saturday (had to be out by 9:00 am), we headed home on the Friday afternoon and had a great drive home arriving at tea time! The four of us agreed that we had had a really enjoyable break.